BOSTON - Preliminary findings suggest that the oil that leaked into Boston's Muddy River from Leverett Pond in Brookline came from a storm drain, according to the Massachusetts Executive Office of ...

An oil pipeline leak that has dispersed about 1.1 million gallons into the Gulf of Mexico could become a greater hazard to wildlife and the general ecosystem if it moves closer to the Louisiana shore, ...

HELPING OUT AS WELL. SO THIS IS A GOSLING AND IT’S COVERED IN OIL. IT’S ALL HANDS ON DECK ALONG THE INNER HARBOR AS CREWS WORK TO CLEAN UP THE OIL SPILL AND SAVE WILDLIFE. THAT INCLUDES MARYLAND’S ...

Multiple effects of oil and its components in fish / Christopher J. Kennedy -- Toxicological and physiological effects of the surfactant dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate at varying salinities during ...

It is too early to understand fully what environmental damage has been caused after a cargo vessel crashed into the oil tanker off the coast of Yorkshire. But the high speed of the collision and ...

* Doctors urged to watch for short, long-term effects * Contamination of seafood among health concerns By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Doctors in the Gulf Coast region need to be ...

Marine and coastal ecosystems play a critical role in the health of the ocean and the planet, but their delicate balance must be maintained. One of the major threats to this balance comes from oil ...

WASHINGTON -- Nearly 85 percent of the 29 million gallons of petroleum that enter North American ocean waters each year as a result of human activities comes from land-based runoff, polluted rivers, ...

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources pulled oil-covered animals from Baltimore’s harbor after a fuel spill. Along the Inner Harbor, where crews worked to clean up the spill and save wildlife, ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Doctors in the Gulf Coast region need to be alert to both the short and long-term health effects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, U.S. health experts said on Monday. Prior oil ...